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Blackpool Football Club player, Jake Daniels has become the first active British male footballer to come out publicly as gay since Justin Fashanu.<\/p>\n

The 17-year-old said he hopes that his decision to go public about his sexuality will encourage others to do same.<\/p>\n

Speaking with Sky Sports News, he said; “Now is the right time to do it. I feel like I am ready to tell people my story. I want people to know the real me.”<\/p>\n

“I have been thinking for a long time about how I want to do it, when I want to do it. I know now is the time. I am ready to be myself, be free and be confident with it all.<\/p>\n

“I can’t really put a date on it, but I was probably five or six years old when I knew I was gay<\/a>. So it’s been a long time that I have been living with the lie.<\/p>\n

“At that age you don’t really think that football and being gay doesn’t mix. You just think, one day, when I’m older I’ll get a girlfriend and I will change and it will be fine.<\/p>\n

“But as you get older you realise you can’t just change. It doesn’t work like that.”<\/p>\n

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Daniels last season scored 30 goals for the under-19 team of Blackpool FC and scored against Chelsea and Newcastle in the FA Youth Cup.<\/p>\n

He made his senior debut as a substitute in a 5-0 defeat at Peterborough on the final day of the Championship season<\/p>\n

\u201cFor a long time I’ve thought I would have to hide my truth because I wanted to be, and now I am, a professional footballer,” Daniels added.<\/p>\n

“I asked myself if I should wait until I’ve retired to come out. No other player in the professional game here is out.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, I knew that would lead to a long time of lying and not being able to be myself or lead the life that I want to.\u201d<\/p>\n

“Since I’ve come out to my family, my club and my team-mates, that period of overthinking everything and the stress it created has gone. It was impacting my mental heath. Now I am just confident and happy to be myself finally,” he said.<\/p>\n

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“I first told my mum and my sister, who I live with. ‘Yeah, we already knew,’ was how they reacted.<\/p>\n

“Then we told my whole family and at this point I was quite scared because I didn’t know how the older generation might react.<\/p>\n

“I needn’t have worried. I’ve had so many messages saying, ‘we are proud and we are supportive.’ It’s been amazing. I couldn’t have wished for it to go better.<\/p>\n

“The day after I told my mum and sister, we played Accrington [in an under-18s fixture] and I scored four goals, so it just shows how much of a weight off the shoulders and what a massive relief it was.”<\/p>\n

In a statement the club said: “Blackpool Football Club has worked closely with Stonewall and the relevant footballing organisations to support Jake and is incredibly proud that he has reached a stage where he is empowered to express himself both on-and-off the pitch.<\/p>\n

“It is vital that we all promote an environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves, and that football leads the way in removing any form of discrimination and prejudice.”<\/p>\n

The Professional Footballers’ Association also celebrated Daniels’ bravery.<\/p>\n

They said: “We are extremely proud of Jake and have been working with him and his club. He has the complete support of everyone at the PFA.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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